Anne E. Ake has written books and numerous magazine articles on the arts, people, and nature. She is a member of RMA Bay Watch, the local Audubon group, and the Native Plant Society. Ake worked for By Arts Alliance as a writer, photographer, editor, and designer, where she started the bimonthly magazine Bay Arts and Entertainment. Later, Ake produced newsletters for the US Navy in the Morale, Welfare and Recreation department. As a board member of the Visual Arts Center, Ake started the “Natures Gallery” with Friends of St. Andrews State Park.

Ake lived, years ago, on Andrews Air Force Base deep in the Everglades, perfect for her conservationist and naturalist work on the Glades. Now, she lives in Bay County, Florida, in the Panhandle. One of her notable other works, Turning Turtles in Tortuguero,has received many rave reviews from conservationists and those interested in environmentalism.